RE: [Boost-users] Björn Karlsson's Boost Book

From: James Hughes (JHughes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-02 05:49:38

I agree. I have the book and it has been very useful (although I have not
used Boost in anger just yet as project is only just starting). He really
needs to do another book that covers the rest of the library!

James

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Maddock [mailto:john_at_[hidden]]
> Sent: 02 February 2006 10:27
> To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
> Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Björn Karlsson's Boost Book
> 
> 
> > Björn Karlsson has a book out titled "Beyond the C++ Standard
> > Library: An Introduction to Boost".  Is this book more than just a
> > print out of the existing Boost HTML documentation?
> 
> Absolutely, actually it's a very good book IMO (and not just 
> because I 
> proofread some of the chapters!).
> 
> Basically, it looks at a selection of core Boost libraries, 
> and addresses 
> the following questions:
> 
> What is it?
> What's it good for?
> How does it make my code better and more robust?
> When should I use this?
> How do I use it?
> 
> So it's a bit like an extended tutorial, but it addresses the 
> when and why 
> questions much better than I've seen anywhere else.
> 
> John. 
> 
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